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MATTER OF SAMPSON

29 N.Y.2d 900 (1972)

In the Matter of Kevin Sampson, an Infant. Mildred Sampson, Appellant; William Taylor, as Commissioner of Health of Ulster County, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 6, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Bruhn for appellant.

John J. Lynch for respondent.

Richard B. Overbagh, Law Guardian for Kevin Sampson, an infant.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur in Per Curiam opinion.

Per Curiam.

In affirming the qualified court direction to operate on the then 15-year-old child over the mother's religious objections, two observations only need be added to the exhaustive opinion at the Family Court. The holding by this court in Matter of Seiferth (309 N.Y. 80) did not limit to drastic or mortal circumstances the statutory power of the Family Court or like court...

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